News Releases

CINCINNATI, O.H. -Duke Energy today announced it will retire the remaining coal-fired units, 5 and 6, at its W.C. Beckjord Station in New Richmond, Ohio, effective Sept. 1.Due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s increasingly stringent ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy today filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an application for a new license for the Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project in South Carolina.The license would allow Duke Energy to continue operating ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Lynn J. Good, Duke Energy’s president and chief executive officer, will present at the 2014 Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.The presentation will be ...

CINCINNATI, OHIO -Duke Energy today released updated information on the diesel fuel spill that occurred on Aug. 18, at W.C. Beckjord Station, 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati.As part of its ongoing investigation, Duke Energy has determined that the ...

MONCURE, N.C. -Duke Energy’s Cape Fear Plant this morning underwent a major transformation after serving the region well for more than 90 years.The decommissioning team imploded the two 200-foot smokestacks at the site as part of Duke Energy’s program ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Duke Energy today announced Dynegy will buy its non-regulated Midwest Commercial Generation Business for $2.8 billion in cash, which includes ownership interests in 11 power plants and Duke Energy Retail Sales, the company’s ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Lynn Good, president, CEO and vice chairman of Duke Energy, issued the following statement regarding the North Carolina General Assembly’s approval today of the 2014 Coal Ash Management Act:“The comprehensive action by North Carolina ...

CINCINNATI, OH -Duke Energy continues to make major progress cleaning up an overnight spill on Aug. 18, of approximately 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Ohio River at W.C. Beckjord Station, 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati.The company is ...

CINCINNATI, OHIO -Duke Energy today made progress cleaning up an overnight spill of approximately 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of fuel oil into the Ohio River at W.C. Beckjord Station, 20 miles southeast of Cincinnati.The company will continue cleanup ...

CINCINNATI, OHIO -At about 11:15 p.m. Monday, during a routine transfer of fuel oil at the W..C. Beckjord Station, approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel was inadvertently discharged into the Ohio River.The release was stopped by 11:30 p.m.Local, state ...